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W te It up Now Trying Out F That Story T hat for Yaller Sheet Baseball Sud University of South Carolina VOL. XIX. COLUMBIA, S. C.,. FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1926 NO 18 Innovation is Introduced in Chapel Song WRITTEN IN MUSIC CLAS Prize Offered by Town Theati For Pieces Showing Origi nality and Color "We are very glad to present a ne, feature of music for the University said Mr. Bet;rd Moore as he too charge of the musical program whic was rendered at chapel hour Monda morning. Continuing his address, h explained, "at the beginning of th school term Mr. Matteson put on contest of pupils musical composition Nine of his students submitted piece for this trial and in them are show color and originality which were hei tofore unknown. The Town Theati offers the prizes this year and wit them we find the assurance that th Town Theatre will cooperate with th department of music in all of its,ur dertakings. In short, we hope by th means to bring the dramatic depari ment into service of the University an by linking with the musical work w want to attain great results in hot arts." The judges, Mrs. Maurice Matteso and Mr. Berry Seay, organist of th First Baptist church, were introduce and then the five selections which ha been chosen so being the best of th nine was rendered. 1. Solo by Evelyn Gillam, sung 1 Miss Sutherland. 2. Quartet by Arthur Fickling. sun by Carolina Niale. 3. Solo "Reverie," by Isabel Whit, sung by Mr. Robert I,aFaye. 4. Quartet by Ethel Gillam, sung b the mixed quartet : Mrs. Furtick, sc prano; Mrs. Gooding, alto; Mr. Le Faye, tenor, and Mr. Matteson bass, 5. Solo "Night," by Harriet Fisl burn, sung by Mr. Matteson. "These compositions represent thre fields of music," said Mr. Moore upo assuming his place, "solo, quartet, an chorus. Three qualities were cor sidered in the judging and they are inventiveness, musical feeling, and lyri perception. The last being almost pet fect in the piece to which the first plac has been awarded. A:1 of thei however, show wonderful talent and % are very glad that this has been starte and we hope is will mean much to th school." The prizes were then awarded: First place-$10 gold piece to "Night by Miss Hariet Fishburn. Second place-$5 gold piece t "Reverie" by Miss Isabel White. Honorable mentions: Quartet-by Arthur Fickling. Solo-by Evelyn Gillam. Quartet-by Ethel Gillam. -USC University to Have Association Exhibi During the State Teacher's Associa tion, the University will have an e:x hibit at the exhibition room i202 Mai street. This booth will also be thi headquarters for the Carolina Alumi and tickets can b)e sectired for the ban quet.. The display will he arranged by Mis Watkins of the Extension departmer and will give various sides of the wor being clone in the school. There wi bie exhibits of the different ptiblication gotten out lby the department includ mng the bulletins and the Universit wveekly. Features of the school of ed uication will also be displayed, includ ing everal charts and tests. WORK DONE BY PUBLIC.BUREA U IS EXCELLEN7 SERVES MANY PEOPLE Furnishes Material for Clubi S Special Occasions. Orations, Essays and Holidays "Where are you going?" "Trying to find an oration to u next week and I haven't the slighe; idea-" v "Been to the library?" "Yeah, but they are all old ones k can't find anything new." h "Go over to the extension depari Y ment then, they've got all kinds ( e things like that-didn't you know it ? e The Bureau of Public Discussion < a the University of South Carolina 'va s. organized in the spring of 1924. it 's aim being the dissemination of infom n mation on pertinent subjects amon *e teachers, students, and social and civi workers who do not have ready acce! h to public libraries. e The service, however, is not confine e solely to these. It is open to all citi zens of the state, and it is hoped tha s the layman will derive as much benefi therefrom as the initiate, in the intel d ligent study of problems of the day. 'e Since its organization in 1924, thi h bureau has received more than 5,30 calls for service from citizens of th n state of South Carolina, and more tha e 250 calls for service from persons nc d- residing in this state. d To date information has been con e piled and is on file in the offices c this bureau on 1,455 subjects of currer Y interest. From time to time addition are made to this list; new package g are prepared and old packages revise and supplemented. Special features of this work are th club study service, thru which clu y study outlines and reference materi. CWontinued to page eight) ~ -USC ; MANAGER SIGNS EUROPEAN TRIP FOR ORCHESTR.1 'I LIKELY SAIL IN JUNE c Offer Boosts Gamecocks Fame - Signed by Holland-Ameri can Line to Play n e The Gamecock orchestra has bee d secured for a trip to Europe durin e the summer months playing on boar one of the Holland-American lines fc the Student Third Cabin Associatioi which is an organization that special izes in trips for college students by at 0 ranging the third cabins attractivel and giv'ng the same privileges of th firrz cabin. Nothing definite has been learned a to when the orchestra is supposed t sail, but the contract calls for a tri across sometimes during the early pa: of the summer, probably around th middle of June. The orchestra will play for the dani ces on the deck every evening an, will be given a chance. to take in th sights in the ancient cities of Europ n or Englan:l. Just wvhich trip they wil e be given is also uncertain, the Asso ~i ciation having trips to England. Franc - and Holland. Last sunimer, the orchestra playe s at a hotel in North Carolina. Befor t the Christmas holidays, they broad k casted from the Atlanta Journal sta Ition in Atlanta. They were given th, s b'd for the dances at the Universit: -of North Carolina, and have secure< Y several contracts for dances in thi state and North Carolina (luring th spring. The Gamecocks p)lay for al the Saturday night dances in the gyn CONTRIBUTED YET? Just two more weeks to hand in those articles for the YELLOW SHEET and the editors are anx ious to moke this the best one yet. Freshmen, if you don't know what one is like, ask the upper-classmen, Lov and then get busy writing up the story. That is one issue which the editors cannot hope to get out un less the articles are handed in by C the students, and a thousand word the story of yours might be the one to Clul go on the front page. urda Remember that they don't have vers to be the truth-the bigger imagina- with tion one has the better the story lina will be. In the words of the famed the Horace Greely, "If you can't find two any news, create it." sickl Not that it woild be advisable to reas follow this quotation literally at all TI times, but any pet scandals of fam- and skeletons will be given publicity zatic g in the Yellow Sheet. TI orga vers Easter Dance and Schedule Now was Is Completed dec s Last P Gre< e GAMECOCKS WILL PLAY and n take t Sphinx, Highlanders, Bohemians, M Bats and Germans Will thar Hold Dances of Botl on Dates for the Easter dances were ar- - S s ranged by the inter-club council at a -l s meeting held Tuesday evening in the tour d Law Building. Representatives from stat< all the campus clubs were present and1 mon e no conflicts came up. Negotiations with several large orchestras failed to ,, produce a satisfactory agreement. When this was learned, the Gamecock orchestra put in a bid which will prob- ang ably be accepted. The schedule for the dances is as L.l follows: on Wednesday night, April 7; C in the gymnasium, the Sphinx will give 1 the first of the dances. On Apr.l 8, Thursday afternoon, the Highlanders' will give a tea dance, probably at A Ridgewood or Lak'e View. Thursday night, the Bohemians will give a dance e in the gym. -Friday afternoon, April 9, the Bats will give a tea dance, and Friday night the German club gives its n regular Easter (lance. 'Th g The Hermes, Arrow, Pyramids, and the r Kismets will not. give a (lance at th's Caro time but are making plans for dances tivit. (luring June week. to eI Jack Cantey is president of the inter- '1h v club council and R. M. Smith is see- chall retary. At the meeting, after the dan- the ces had been arranged, the group took up the discussion of a proposed con- with stitution, similar to the Pan-Hellenic , councils in other large schools and 'll tUniversities. At the next meeting the nm econstitution will be formally passed on. r ants The mien present at the last meeting ther( were: Pruitt, Fennel. Baskin, Stone. Dickert, Edwards, Wright, Gaston,dlO Cantey, Crocker. Burke, Hentz, andth~ Vain.to co Varn. n ly -USC- C-etic Melton Will Speak etit To Rock Hill Grads brini First High School Speaking En- (I ba~ gagement Made So Far gr"" This Year iC: IIe -___ -_- cil st I of the University of South Carolina. work has accep)ted an invitation extended to Afti :h in by the Rock Hill High School to somie Icliver the annual address before the it. .gradluatinve cL:s on May 28. RDS TO MISS TA TE CONTEST OF GLEE CLUB IELD IN SPARTANBURG er State Trip Planned F< Songsters Last of March -Material Good trolina will he among the missing fourth annual Association of GI s which meet at Spartanburg Sa y night. The news that the Ut ity would not enter was hea much disappointment since Car was one of the charter members Association and winner of the c years ago. Financial affairs al ness were the two outstandil ons for the non-participation. ie club has made no trips this ye these trips are what the organ m has to depend upon for financc e State Glee Club Association w nized three years ago by the Un ity, Wofford, Furman, Clemsc the Presbyterian College. The fir ting was held in Spartanburg at ford won the contest. Columl: the next meeting place and ti >lina song birds won a unanimo sionI over all othter comlpetito: year, the contest was hleld nville, and after several verdict an award to another school by mi , Furman was given the trophy. aterial this year seems to be bett last year. Tom Stone is preside he club and Saunders is manag< 1 of these men have had experien he club before. xteen mien outside the orchest be picked to make the trip. TI through the lower part of ti starts the third week in ti tlh. and will include Sumter, Flo Lake City, M ullins, and Conwa or muore performances will I n near the city, one probably bi it Columbia College. -USC )UISIA.NA .UNIV. 'HA LLENGES S. C N CO-ED DEBA T TON ROUGE NEXT YEA and Women Invited to Co tend for Honor--Co-Eds Show Interest e opportunity has at last come f girls of .the University of Sout lina to take part in a campus a which they have not been ab iter inlto b)efore. e University of loui:siana ha enged the men and the co-eds < University of South Carolina to te to be held here this year an them at Baton Rouge next yea e girls are showing mluch intere: manyll have already given tile s to tIle dlebatinlg counc:l as asp to tIle debating team. Nt, dou11 is somie goodl debating mlateria ig tile girls of tile University, hi hlave nlot yet had the op)portunit mei forward and( show it upi. 'Thei diebates have been in literarv sc s where thlere was nJot much conil 021 anid no suIfficienlt inlcent ivet out the real diebating spiri -al of tile girls were famuous a :ers ill high school and have re ed nlot he'nig absle to dIebatei (e. Thley are itcing to get bac iartne,s. antd, if tile debatinlg counl es fit to acceplt tile chlallenge o iatna, thiey will puit out someW har ill tile conltest. en all these mlonith iof0 waitinj thi ng is at last beinlg donle about l'he drab,) (desolutte look aroun<l SCotntinued to page eight) Daniel Reed's s Drama Pupils Give 'Sun Up' r SCENE IN N. C. MOUNTAINS Louise Duke and Clyde White in Major Roles in War at at Tragedy l- Next week is Carolina week at the - rd Town theatre. The drama production o class under Daniel A. Reed (English of 123) is presenting Lula Vollmer's p North Carolina mountain play Tuesday id and Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock tg as one of the regular season produc t'ons of the Columbia stage society. ar The sale opens Tuesday morning at j- the theatre at 10 o'clock and season s. tickets are good for this show-the . as fourth of the membership series. i "Sun-Up" has some intense scenes . and calls for real acting and Mr. Reed st declares that he is proud of what his . Id students are giving; he calls the cast ia "great." ie It is headed by Miss Louise Dukes LIs in the role of the Widow Cagle, a -s. mountain woman, the fire of whose in nature is smothered undei' the calm ys patience of her manner and bearing. s- Upon her falls the heaviest burden of the play and she is doing a fine piece er of character acting. Pap Todd, a droll nt old mountaineer, is being played by !r. Lucius Polk ; E,mmy, his daughter, by cc Ora May Jackson; the sheriff by Eu gene \Vebster; the mountain preacher ra by E. C. Coker; the half-wit son of i Pap Todd, Johnny Pate; the son who ie goes off to war just after his marriage is to lminny is being played by Clyde r- White; and Bob, the assistant to the y. sheriff, is taken by Charles Cuttino; e the stranger who is lost in the storm L- and turns the tide of the whole story is played by Harry Bryan. 'h pla. has three acts and the scene is laid in the mountain cabin of the Widow Cagle and her son, Rufe, near the city of Asheville. The events of the first act transpire in June, 1917, those of the next act the following R September and those of the last act in February. 1918. It is a drama of the World War illustrating how that gi gantic sttugle permeated even into the fastness of remote. mountain reg ions and affected the humble homes of those sImple people who had no id'a 4 what it was all about. h lula Vollmer, the author, is from Hamlet. North Carolina. She knows e the people of her mountains, and she knows how to "translate" thcn fron real life to a printed page so that they ' keep right on living. She knows, too, A how to work them into a pla"; in a way that niakes that play a vivid, poig nant bit of reality. This play was se t(Continued to page eight) SGeneral Bliss' Trip I Has Been Postponed y General Tlasker H. Bliss, wvho was to r appear at the University March 11 and - 12 under the auspices of the Inter - national Relations clubs, will not be a here until March 28. His wife is ill .with pneumonia andl this caused the s po)stponeme'nt of the trip. - This news caime by tefegrami to the: I committee in charge of the meetings.. but The Gamecock had already gone' - to press withI the story that he wvould i speak on the 12. 1 Arriv:ng on the evening of March 27,; General Bliss will be unable to speak C that e'veining, but will probably speak I at chapel pe'riod on the 28. He will i avi Columbia the afternoon of the